Barely
Barely adverb - By a very small margin.
Single-handedly and barely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Single-handedly" instead an adverb "Barely".
Single-handedly
Single-handedly adverb - Without aid or support.
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Synonyms for Single-handedly
Barely and single-handedly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barely" instead an adverb phrase "Single-handedly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- just and barely
- just and single-handedly
- alone and barely
- alone and single-handedly
- only and barely
- only and single-handedly
- individually and barely
- individually and single-handedly
- solely and barely
- solely and single-handedly
- wholly and barely
- wholly and single-handedly
- entirely and barely
- entirely and single-handedly
Both words in one sentence
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Tyki Mikk of D.Gray-Man demonstrates how powerful he is by destroying protagonist Allen Walker's Innocence single-handedly, after we've seen that barely anything can even scratch it.
Source: Wrecked Weapon -
Shrek almost single-handedly (Donkey helps him out)takes out all of Farquaad's knights in just over a minute with barely a scratch on him.
Source: Western Animation / Shrek -
Priscilla's bored facial expression barely changes, even while she's killing Noel and Sophia and ripping off Ilene's arm, or single-handedly wasting Duff, Riful, Alicia and Beth.
Source: Dissonant Serenity
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